Henry Knowles

The Paternal Lineage of HENRY⁶ KNOWLES is as follows: ( Robert⁵, Joseph⁴, Robert³, William², Henry¹)

The Maternal lineage of HENRY ⁷ KNOWLES is ( Lucy⁶ Anne Rodman, Mary⁵ Niles, Mary⁴ Hannah, Mary³ Tefft, Mary² Barber, Aliner¹ Hyde )

Let it be said that Henry Knowles was a Quaker minister. His lineage goes back to Henry¹Knowles (1608-1670) of Kingston-upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England who emigrated first to Boston and then later to Warwick, Rhode Island.

Fortunately the Knowles line left Boston for Rhode Island because in Massachusetts Quakers were severely persecuted, but the governor of Rhode Island would not go along with the persecution going on in the other United Colonies of New England and in 1657 he granted permission to Quakers to remain in that Colony when he declared in the "Court of Trials" that "no settler or stranger within the limits of their jurisdiction "should be persecuted for whatever opinions in religion he might either hold or teach."

Birth: Jan. 27, 1786, South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island he was the second of eight children born to Robert⁵ Knowles and Susannah “Lucy Anne” Rodman of South Kingston, Rhode Island.

Death: Feb. 25, 1877, Smyrna, Chenango County, New York

Father: Robert⁵ Knowles, b. August 29, 1758, South Kingstown, RI; d. August 13, 1822 South Kingstown, R.I.

Mother: Susannah "Lucy Anne" Rodman Knowles , b. April 28, 1760, R.I. ; d. 1839, Smyrna, Chenango, NY

Marriage: July 5, 1809 in South Kingston, Rhode Island Henry Knowles married Susannah Anthony, daughter of Abraham Anthony and Lettishe (Letitia) Smith. To this union were born 10 children.  In 1819 Henry and Susanna moved to Oneida County, NY and 2 years later moved to Chenango County NY. Henry was a pioneer of Smyrna, Chenango County, NY and also a minister in the Society of Friends (Quaker ). He kept a spiritual journal. I have posted one passage of his journal.

Spouse: Susannah Anthony Knowles (1786 - 1867)

Henry Knowles was born 27 JAN 1786, in South Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island. He was the second of eight children born to Robert Knowles and Lucy Ann Rodman. Henry Knowles married Susanna Anthony on July 5, 1809.To this union were born 10 children.

In 1819 Henry and Susanna emigrated to Oneida County, N.Y. and 2 years later moved to Chenango County NY. Henry was a pioneer of Smyrna, N.Y. and also a minister in the Society of Friends (Quaker) He was living in 1860 & 1870 Smyrna (census) with son Benjamin's family.

Henry Knowles and Susannah Anthony children

1. Henry Anthony Knowles (536), b. Feb. 21, 1811, m. Mary Knowles Collins on Jun. 5, 1830. (my ancestor)

2. Susanna H. Knowles (542), b. May 7, 1815, m.. John J. Peckham, d. July 23, 1817.

3. Mary A. Knowles (547), b. Sept. 18, 1816, m. Nathan Hunt and Daniel Peckham.

4. Robert Knowles, b. Apr. 28, 1820, d. 1871.

5. Abraham A. Knowles, b. Nov. 19, 1823, d. early.

6. Benjamin Knowles (559), b. Jan. 24, 1824, m. Amelia Caroline Hoag and Ann Huntington. (Executor of Henry Knowles' Last Will & Testament executed on Ap. 16, 1877 Norwich, Chenango County, NY) 

7. Alice Knowles (563), b. Mar. 2, 1825, m. James R. Boss. She died Sept. 29, 1857. They lived in Smyrna, Chenango County, NY  8. Letitia Smith Knowles, b. July 30, 1829, m. George C. Carpenter.

9. Sarah Knowles (565), b. Feb. 13, 1831, m. John P. Carpenter. Buried: Sherburne West Hill Cemetery, Sherburne,NY

10. Abraham Knowles (549),b. Dec. 17, 1831, m. Martha A. Jones. He died Dec. 27, 1870.  Buried: Raisin Center Friends Cemetery, Raisin Center, Michigan Henry died on Feb. 25, 1877 Smyrna, Chenango County, New York.   
Sources: Henry Knowles' Last Will and Testament Feb. 1877 and executed Apr. 16, 1877.   

Burial: Quaker Cemetery, Smyrna, Chenango County, New York

Sources:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41660797